Biram Dah Abeid

Biram Dah Abeid

Struggling to End Slavery in Mauritania

Biram Dah Abeid is a Mauritanian human rights defender and President of the anti-slavery NGO Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA). He is targeted by the authorities because of his work and criticism of the seeming lack of effort by the government to end slavery and trafficking.

Biram Dah Abeid was the recipient of the 2013 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.

Front Line Defenders has issued these appeals on behalf of Biram Dah Abeid: